Gun Violence
A record number of mass shootings in the US has sparked a passionate new call for gun control reform.
Biden has called for an assault weapons ban after recent mass shootings. Why hasn’t Congress acted?
Republicans voted to remove Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black men, but declined to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, a white woman.
People are scared of urban centers. They shouldn’t be.
A shooting on Monday has left at least three students and three adults dead.
Multiple far-right lawmakers and commentators responded to the shooting with transphobic statements.
Guns kill more young Americans than cars now, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Uvalde joins America’s long list of horrific school shootings.
Five years later, David Hogg and Rep. Maxwell Frost reflect on the impact of the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, DC.
With Tops supermarket set to reopen soon, progressive activist India Walton says, “Buffalo is back to business as usual.”
The state’s “red flag law” should have prevented him from obtaining a gun.
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We’re starting to see the fallout from the Supreme Court’s most recent Second Amendment decision.
“It’s been really hard to process all of this.”
The Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shooters don’t fit the typical profile of a violent criminal.
California has banned assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in Saturday’s attack for decades.
The Supreme Court must resolve a terrifying legal fight over whether rifles with “bump stocks” are legal.
Authorities are investigating the attack as a potential hate crime.
The economist has conducted and popularized research that can help break our policy deadlocks on guns and crime.
Jones says his enemies want him off the air. US bankruptcy law is on his side, for now.
Connecticut jurors order Alex Jones to pay $1 billion in second Sandy Hook trial — and more might be on the way.
How Moms Demand Action has pushed the conversation on guns forward over the last decade.
A new California gun law should force the Supreme Court to confront the enormity of its worst decision in decades.
These preventable failures cost Uvalde students and teachers their lives.
What happens if the Court rejects the rule of law?
Though officers were inside Robb Elementary School just three minutes after the gunman entered, it took them 1 hour, 14 minutes, and 8 seconds to end the massacre.
The bill incentivizes red flag laws, narrows the “boyfriend loophole,” and more.
New York State Rifle v. Bruen is poorly reasoned. But its implications are potentially catastrophic.
On screen, an armed hero saves the day. But reality is different.
Blue states are bracing for gun control fallout from the Supreme Court.
After another school shooting, teachers express fear over the threat of violence in their classrooms.
The forthcoming bipartisan agreement could be the first new gun control laws enacted in decades.
Where things stand on Senate gun control talks so far.
Even Florida’s red flag law isn’t getting traction among Republicans.
TSA PreCheck uses enhanced background checks to make everyone safer.
Firearm injuries undermine mental, physical, and financial health, even for people who’ve never encountered a bullet.
The Constitution protects gun ownership — but doesn’t prevent state regulations.
Democrats are pushing through state gun control reforms after a streak of mass shootings.
Can summer jobs and mental health care save lives?
The policy ideas are aplenty, but it’s up to lawmakers to act.
Politicians diverge from voters when it comes to preventing gun deaths.